On a fractional Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman-type monotonicity formula

Abstract

In this note, by exploiting mean value properties of $s$-harmonic functions, we introduce some monotonicity formulas in the nonlocal setting. We take into account intrinsically nonlocal functionals mimicking those introduced by Alt, Caffarelli and Friedman in the seminal work [Alt-Caffarelli-Friedman, Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. (1984)]. Our approach is purely nonlocal and does not rely on the extension technique. As a byproduct we also established interior nonlocal gradient estimates and a nonlocal analogue of the Bochner identity.